Falling Dead Limbs, Who is responsible Options

[casciaj]

While camping overnight in Meridian, Ms. we were awaken in the middle of night by a tree limb coming through our camper roof. No rain or high wind at the time. Next morning we went to office and told Mgr. who is also owner what damage was done to our camper, and their comment was its and act of god so we are not responsible. Looking around the park over half the trees their were rotten with dead limbs getting ready to fall, also many were all ready lying on the ground. How can it be that the owners are not responsible, when you can clearly see the trees are rotted and have been for some time. If we were not in a hurry to be hundreds of miles away, because of family death, I would have fought this, for its not easy to fork out 860.00 because owners will not take care of property. Would like to hear from others who may know laws reguarding something like this.

[scottybdiving]

Hello everybody. 1st post. When I'm not sleeping in my camper and I'm backpacking or river rafting, I sleep in a hammock. In the hammocker's world, dead tree limbs are often referred to as "Widowmakers". Unfortunately they have earned this title. Hammocking has made me more aware of this and I always look up at the trees before parking, setting up a hammock, or even sitting under a tree. It seems to me that a commercial business would have an obligation to make their property safe, and that a dead tree or limb would be considered unsafe by default. Especially if there is evidence that it has ocurred recently.